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- UROGK CARRIER. No. 357,339. Patented Peb.. 8, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE K. SOHAUER, OF OSBORN, OHIO, AS SIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND I CHRISTIAN A. HERB, OF SAME PLACE.

CHUCK-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,339, dated February 8, 1887.

Application filed November 23,1886. Serial No. 219,691. (No model.)

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE K. SoIIAUER, of Osborn, in the county of Greene and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Crook-Carrier, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the annexed drawings, forming a part thereof, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved crock-carrier. section taken on line or x in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on line 1 g in Fig. 1, and Fig. at is a transverse section taken on line 2 z in Fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views The object of my invention is to provide a simple and effective device whereby two crooks may be simultaneously grasped and carried.

My invention consists of a pair of levers crossed and pivoted together and provided with angled serrated jaws, the longer arms of the levers being bent inwardly toward each other and apertured for receiving an elastic bail, by means of which the jaws are drawn together as the crooks are lifted.

It also consists in the combination, with the jaws thus pivoted together, of aleather tongue suspended from the levers and adapted to engage the rims of the crooks, all as hereinafter more fullydescribed.

Thelevers A A are crossed and pivoted upon the straight part of the loop B. The shorter arms a a of the levers A A are provided with angled jaws b b having their inward faces serrated. The loop B is bent down upon opposite sides of the levers AA, and its lower portion is widened to receive the leather tongue 0, consisting of a strip of leather bent around the wire of the loop and-fastened together below the loop' by rivets c.

Thelonger arms of the levers A A are curved inward toward each other and apertured near their ends to receive a wire bail, D, the hooks Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse d of the bail being inserted in the apertures of the levers and bent 'over toward the body of 5 the bail. The middle part of the bail is made straight, and the wooden handle E is placed thereon for convenience in operating the carrier and lifting the load grasped by the carrier. Normally, the longer arms of the levers A A are spread by the elasticity of thebail D, thus throwing the jaws b b open to receive a pair of crooks.

WVhen the carrier has only its own weight to support, thejaws b b remain apart, and when the rims of a pair of crooks are placed upon opposite sides of the tongue 0, with the rims projecting over the rounded upper part of the tongue, as shown in Fig. 1, a slight upward pull upon the bail D closes the jaws b b together upon the inner surfaces of the crooks,

thereby bringing the sides of the crooks below the rims and the rimslof the crooks into engagement with the tongue 0, when the crooks may be lifted, securely held, and carried.

Having thus fully described my invention,

I claim as new and. desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a crock-carrier, the combination of the levers A A, the angled jaws b b, formed on or attached to the shorter arms of the levers, the tongue O. suspended from the levers, and the bail D, connected with the longer arms of the lovers, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the levers AA, having inwardly-bent ends and provided on their shorter arms with serrated jawsb b, the loop B, forming the pivot of the levers A A, the tongue 0, received on the loop, and the bail D,

connecting the free ends of the longer arms of 

